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Chilling in the Mountains
Following a fairly crazy time in Oaxaca, the 5 of us headed to the mountain resort of San Jose del Pacifico. The scenery on the drive was some of the most spectacular we've witnessed so far on the trip with plush green mountains stretching as far as the eye can see. When we arrived to the town which holds only a few hundred people, we found that …
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Sometimes it takes a village
... day when I arrived. The market was almost entirely resided over by dignified Zapotec grandma's, with vibrant colored ribbons woven through their grey braids. I had come to Mitla mostly in serach of Mezcal, of which their is no shortage of is Oaxaca. All along the central streets, Mezcal shops are staffed with young, beautiful women, offering samples of premium Mezcals.
Let's take a moment to explain what Mezcal actually is. Most people associate Mezcal with ...
Monte Albán - Zapotec Ruin
... of Italian ladies in the van. One was from Rome and the other from Florence. They are on a 3 week whirlwind tour of Mexico. They had flown in that night/morning and were staying in Oaxaca just long enough to visit Monte Albán and Mitla (another ruin) and then off to San Cristóbal de Las Casas (all in the same day). They have more energy than me. They were planning on spending a good portion of their trip lying on the beach in Cancún so maybe they ...
This is some big tree!!!
... off the root. Cut off the long sharp limbs. Then put them on coals covered
up and steam them. Not sure where they go from there but it is a legitimate job here and Mescal
is sold everywhere. The cost ranges from very cheap to WOW expensive.
Now the tree----is incredible!! It is huge. It is world known, the biggest tree in the world. Not as tall as the Redwoods or Sequoias , but ...
Oaxaca, bis repetita
... lado tambien esta llena de bares y restaurantes modernetes. La ciudad, como toda ciudad colonial, tiene mucho encanto. Fuimos a ver el estupendo museo de Santo Domingo, que presenta la historia de Oaxaca dentro del contexto mexicano, y mas particularmente, la de los Zapotecos. Lleno de preciosas piezas descubiertas en la tumba principal de Monte Alban. Pero de lo mejor en Oaxaca es el pasearse por las ...


